TOPIC TO DISCUSS

• Definition of organisms, traits, offspring, reproduction,

inheritance and variation
• Difference between inheritance and variation
• Common misconception about heredity
• Inheritance and variation in animals, human and plants
DEFINITION OF TERMS
 ORGANISMS
• Living thing such as a plant or animal
• Take note that we humans are parts of the animal kingdom
 TRAITS
• Physical qualities such as hair color, eye color, and skin color.
 OFFSPRING
• The young of a person, animal, or plant
• The product of reproduction
• A new organism produced by one or more parents
 REPRODUCTION
• Process by which new individual organisms ( offspring) are produced
from their parent/s.
 IHERITANCE
• Transmission off traits from generation to generation or from parent to
offspring
 VARIATION
• Differences between organism
ADDRESSING THE
MISSCONCEPTIONS
 ADDRESSING MISCONCEPIONS
• Misconception #1 • TRUTH#1
• Traits can be passed down from • Most traits are passed from both
only one parents (example: from parents (mother and father)
the father only) in the case of ‘’sa
tatay mo talaga ikaw nagmana!’’
 ADDRESSING MISCONCEPIONS
• Misconception #2 • TRUTH #2
• Offspring look just like their • Offspring look like similar to but,
parents not exactly like their parents
 ADDRESSING MISCONCEPIONS
• Misconception #3 • TRUTH#3
• Siblings will have the same traits. • Different individuals cane have
different traits.
 EXCEPTIONS
• Some exception includes the case of identical twins since they have same
physical traits but their personality can still be completely different
 ADDRESSING MISCONCEPIONS
• MISCONCEPTION #4
• Variation of traits among
individuals may provide
disadvantage and problem in
solving
• TRUTH#4
• Variation of traits among
individuals may provide
advantages in surviving.
 ADDRESSING MISCONCEPIONS
• MISCONCEPTION#5
• If someone has a low IQ at birth,
they will remain less intelligent in
the future.
• TRUTH#5
• Intelligent is not purely heritable,
we can acquire knowledge
through our environmental.
 FUN FACT!
• Traits can sometimes skip generation. That’s why you could be the only
one in your family with a nose like your grandfather’s
• Another example of this the skin color or eye color.
ANIMAL INHERITANCE AND
VARITION
 WHAT IS ANIMAL INHERITANCE

• Process of producing offspring with desirable traits

• Example: dog breeds,
 ANIMAL VARIATION
• EXAMPLE ; The African elephant and the Asian elephant
HUMAN INHERIANCE AND
VARIATION
 HUMAN INHERITANCE
EXAMPLE: Tongue rolling (hereditary)
 HUMAN VARIATION
• Example: Races (physical traits of human around the world)
PLANT INHERITANCE AND
VARIATION
 PLANT INHERITANCE
• Kung ano ang itinanim ay siya ring aanihin
• Kung ang manga hindi maaaring mamunga ng manga
 PLANT VARIATION
• EXAMPLE: Flowers, Fruits,